Urgent Care Clinic changed my life..

I don't know where to start really, but I think I've had Lupus all my life.. but been treated by the medical profession as having a psychiatric condition. I'm 63 years old.. 2 weeks ago, the rash that plagues me whenever it's hot and sunny, appeared.. (I treat it like hives because that's what I was told it was) It manifested like never before.. I hadn't been out... put the usual 'cortisone cream' on ... the rash was on exposed areas, my chest, arms, so itchy and painful, had curly cues on my un-exposed thighs and stomach, my throat and neck was red raw.. so much so I had a bag of fluid on my the left hand side of my neck.. rash around my ears, and the butterfly rash on my face.. ( never had that before) ... Saturday night.. I was desperate, wanted to go to ER.. but didn't... Sunday, my husband took me too Urgent Care Clinic.. I was told.. they would 'HAVE' to give me a drug used for people with Lupus.. Prednisone, 40mg first day, etc. And that I had to see my doctor as soon as possible.. and 'Not' to put Cortisone cream on ( it thins the skin).. and they couldn't do diagnostic tests.. but I needed to see a dermatologist too. When I got home.. I couldn't understand what had triggered it... my husband looked at our light bulbs... they were UV florescent.. energy saving, I'm an artist.. had been doing some work under 2 off them.. we have LED's now. Got to see my doctor on Tuesday.. last time I had seen her.. I had a chest infection, and shingles, also horrible leg pain and swollen ankle .. and medications for both .. I'd had x-ray, and ultra sound... everything was fine.. no osteoarthritis, no clot.. Anyway, to cut a long story short..I made her go over my medical history.. allergic to sulphides.. kidney' infections' ( that require 'antibiotics' until they get back from the lab.. then I'm told not to take them) low bone density, aching joints, even heart ( I aced the stress test ).. rashes..etc..I have dry eye too.. never ever had malar rash before.... classic.. The Doctor didn't even know about the Cortisone cream thinning the skin or that I had to have Tyrenol for pain.. not Ibuprofen with Prednisone. I have to wait months to see dermatologist, and be off the Prednisone.. to have bloods done... the problem is.. the Prednisone .. I have never felt so well.. even if I still have the rash.. I feel so much better.. but today is the last day.. I'm so scared.. I don't want to go downhill again... I'm so careful with any medications.. and do not visit the doctors that often .. ( actually got removed because I hadn't gone for 2 years ). So glad I went to the Urgent Care...

Thank You for your advice Lynwood, I was back in the Urgent Care walk in, over the weekend, as the day after my last Prednisone.. the rash flared up in three places...very painful on my chest ..and also had joint aches.. I told the doctor how well I had been feeling, eating sleeping...etc.and how long I had to wait to see the dermatologist. I also said 'I think I need to see a rheumatologist... not a dermatologist ' She said 'Yes, you do need to see a Rheumatologist and I'm going to refer you .. and if you have a family doctor ( apparently even though I have been in the network for 10 years, they didn't have any recent records... the latest they had was when I had a D3 deficiency 7 years ago! ) I'm on another course of Prednisone.. and the rash has subsided again.,and the horrible stinging pain has gone. I do have a family doctor that I'm going to see this week.. to discuss going back to the Rheumatologist I saw, 8 years ago as I now have symptoms ( that I had put down to growing older) that are very apparent.The Urgent Care doctor has also advised that I discuss being given a low dose Prednisone every day after this Course ends .. until I can see a dermatologist. I'm fine with that... and in fact might insist on it, because there is no way I'm going to going to suffer this again at the intensity it was. I think my Doctor is going to meet a very feisty lady.. I never got a call back from them..when I rang them 4 days ago, so mad about it ... I cleaned my oven ( hadn't done it for 2 years). also read about about the Ibuprofen in the notes on the prescription, it's basically about it upsetting the stomach. I love Oscar Wilde... have his complete works.. Thank You.